Kentucky was surrounded to the west, north and east by states already affected by the Emerald Ash Borer, an exotic insect pest which is can be unwittingly transported in firewood.  Now, just this week, the first two occurances in Kentucky have been confirmed in Shelby and Jessamine counties; click HERE for a report from officials with the Office of the State Entomologist at University of Kentucky  College of Agriculture.  Â
 This insect’s larvae feed on wood below the ash trees’ bark, destroying the route that water and nutrients take through the tree. Thought to have been brought to the U.S. in wood used in the shipping industry, the Emerald Ash Borer, so called because the beetles are a shiny green color, has spread south from Michigan since 2002. Take a look at the informative Web page by clicking HERE.
To late:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/news/?c=n&d=369
Globalization is terrible for our native ecosystems. The Emerald Ash Borer could kill every Ash tree in North America in our lifetime. It will be as bad as the Dutch Elm disease that decimated every town that had them as a major tree in their landscape.